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Today's NYT article about Trump and how much his dad helped him get started (Donald's "just a $1 Million loan that I paid back with interest" claim has always been ludicrous) is interesting, and now this article lays out a pretty convincing case for tax fraud, which has always been rife in real estate matters. In response to the Times' request for comment, Sarah Sanders went only with the aforementioned claim, and his lawyer said the Times is exposing itself to substantial liability for defamation (I didn't see that coming...).

Irrespective of whether the many examples given are both accurate and fraudulent, they provide yet another reason why, if the House goes to the Dems in the next election, the filing of articles of impeachment are a near certainty, although they may hold off until Trump provides them with his tax returns which will be subpoenaed. But perhaps that won't be resolved until Justice [Barrett?] is confirmed.

“The main achievement of the Trump renegotiation of NAFTA is changing its name,” said Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark. “The rules on trade are almost exactly the same as they were. We would welcome more free trade and fewer agreements that micromanage how much of a product has to be made in each country.”

USMCA leaves the disastrous steel and aluminum tariffs in place. In an attempt to give the tariffs a positive spin, the Trade Partnership estimated in a 2018 study that they will save 33,464 jobs in the steel and nonferrous metals industries. The less obvious costs are much greater, though. As a direct result of those same tariffs, soaring steel and aluminum prices will cause the loss of 146,000 jobs in downstream metal fabrication industries."

You just quoted a Libertarian article, which quoted a Libertarian politician. The author of the article is listed as "Staff". I'm not certain this is a news source.

Ok, so it's an op-ed. I never said it was a "news" source. Totally irrelevant to the point I was making. But this is hardly the only place that is saying the same thing, which is that the changes are pretty minimal, and the most significant accomplishment here is re-branding. And it keeps the stupid steel and aluminum tariffs, which really makes it worse, if anything.

Here's a source with more analysis. The bottom line is even though it's not hugely different, it is still less free-trade than the previous version, which of course a libertarian (and nearly all economists) would have an issue with. Conservatives are supposed to like less government in commerce. This adds more. Trump deregulates domestically but wants more regulation if it involves goods crossing the border. It's incoherent policy.

A story in Politico yesterday seems to indicate there is probably evidence the Russian hacking of other Republican presidential campaigns that was first reported last August appears to have been done to help the Trump campaign. Sorry Devin Nunes.

A story in Politico yesterday seems to indicate there is probably evidence the Russian hacking of other Republican presidential campaigns that was first reported last August appears to have been done to help the Trump campaign. Sorry Devin Nunes.

I didn't see any information in that article about hacking of other Republican presidential campaigns.

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I didn't see any information in that article about hacking of other Republican presidential campaigns.

Sorry, I was stitching a couple of things together. In this interview with a former GOP operative she says she was hacked, and some of her emails she believes later seem to have ended up in the hands of members of Team Trump. The hacking was being investigated by the feds through the S. district of NY, but has been taken over by the Mueller team. It is interesting they would make that referral. If nothing else, they must think there is something relevant there for the Mueller team. The US attorney who heads that office was a Trump hire.

Of course this is unconfirmed at this point, but if it turns out the Russians hacked other Republicans who were working against Trump and that info ended up in the Trump campaign's hands, it's the smoking gun. Whether anyone will care, is another issue.

Regardless of the Mueller investigation, if Trump is guilty of tax fraud it qualifies as a high crime/misdemeanor by any reasonable standard.

I'm sick of Trump's "people who disagree with me are just BAD people" mantra. Yeah, yeah, dems have used divisive politics before. Glenn Beck was so offended by Obama he was certain he must be a racist. But no one of either party has used the division of the country for their own selfish benefit to the extreme Trump has.

Hillary Clinton: You 'cannot be civil' with Republicans, Democrats need to be 'tougher'

Hillary Clinton says the time for civility is over.

After the bitter and partisan fight over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate declared that President Donald Trump has undermined the integrity of the nation's highest court and that it's time for Democrats to be "tougher" with their opponents, in an interview with CNN published Tuesday
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

After reading blueK’s post is was feeling bad that Clinton lost the election...until I saw uncle ted’s post. I’m so glad she lost. So, so glad.

"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

"You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about," Clinton told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "That's why I believe, if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and or the Senate, that's when civility can start again."

Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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She’d be better than Trump, but I wish she’d go disappear and do rich people things somewhere.

She is doing rich people things. She and Bill are coming to Houston for a “spend the evening with the Clintons” type event. It’s being held in a later auditorium in Sugarland. I considered going just for fun but then realized it wouldn’t be any fun.

"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

She is doing rich people things. She and Bill are coming to Houston for a “spend the evening with the Clintons” type event. It’s being held in a later auditorium in Sugarland. I considered going just for fun but then realized it wouldn’t be any fun.

Yeah, that sounds unbearable. Out of curiosity, how much are the tickets?

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President Trump: Making America Great Again...

Speaking on Sunday at a campaign event for local Georgia Democratic candidates, former Attorney General Eric Holder flatly rejected former first lady Michelle Obama's widely cited call for civility and instead seemingly urged Democrats to brawl with Republicans.

"It is time for us, as Democrats, to be as tough as they are, to be as dedicated as they are, to be as committed as they are," Holder told a crowd of campaign volunteers and candidates. "Michelle always says -- I love her; she and my wife are like, really tight, which always scares me and Barack -- but Michelle always says, 'When they go low, we go high.' No. When they go low, we kick 'em."
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

Yeah, that sounds unbearable. Out of curiosity, how much are the tickets?

I don’t know. I’ll look but I imagine they won’t be much given that most democrats would be appalled to spend money to listen to a serial sex abuser and a serial sex abuser defender.

"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

I don’t know. I’ll look but I imagine they won’t be much given that most democrats would be appalled to spend money to listen to a serial sex abuser and a serial sex abuser defender.

Even the ACLU now is getting mileage off of President Clinton as a sex abuser - thanks President Trump!

Do Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time!
-General George S. Patton

I'm choosing to mostly ignore your fatuity here and instead overwhelm you with so much data that you'll maybe, just maybe, realize that you have reams to read on this subject before you can contribute meaningfully to any conversation on this topic.
-DOCTOR Wuap

A red state Dem isn't happy with Hillary... Is this a start of another Dem civil war?

Dem senator Heitkamp slams Clinton call to abandon civility with GOP

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's incendiary suggestion this week that liberals "cannot be civil" with Republicans any longer is unproductive and simply "ridiculous," a top Democratic senator said Wednesday.

The stark repudiation of Clinton's comments by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., a vulnerable red-state Democrat seeking re-election this year, comes as Republicans have lined up in recent days to criticize Democrats' fiery rhetoric amid the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

“You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about,” Clinton told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. “That’s why I believe, if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the Senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength.”

Heitkamp, whose "no" vote on Kavanaugh seemingly caused her already-wavering popularity to plummet in North Dakota, minced no words in response Wednesday night.

"That's ridiculous," Heitkamp said on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." "I mean, I can't imagine how you get anything done if you don't bring civility back into politics, and that goes for both sides."

"I hope that we can find common ground in this country that sexual assault is more prominent than people thought it was," Heitkamp continued.

Fox News' polling shows Republican challenger Kevin Cramer now leading Heitkamp by 12 points (53 percent to 41 percent). Last month, before Heitkamp voiced her reluctance to support Kavanaugh, he was up by only 4 points.
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU."Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

This video shouldn't be ignored just because it was posted by Uncle Ted as one of his standard multimedia add-ons.

The Portland Antifa wanted to hold a vigil for Patrick Kimmons, a black man who was shot last month by police after they heard shots and saw muzzle flashes and then Kimmons approached cops holding a gun. The protesters held a short march, and then decided to illegally block the street and divert traffic. The police sat down the road and did not intervene, citing the protesters' first amendment rights. Some have said that the Portland mayor ordered the police to stand down.

Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American